Cadherins and NCAM as potential targets in metal toxicity

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 255-265

  Prozialeck, Walter C ^a   Grunwald, Gerald B ^b   Dey, P Markus ^c   Reuhl, Kenneth R ^d   Parrish, Alan R ^e  

^a MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WILKES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadherins; Cadmium; Lead; Mercury; Methylmercury; NCAM; Trimethyltin; Catenin

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CADHEDRIN N; CADHERIN; CADMIUM; CALCIUM ION; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0036389666     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.2002.9422     Document Type: Review

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